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  Meme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It also refers to an essay by Jaron Lanier, The ideology of cybernetic totalist intellectuals, which very strongly criticises "meme totalists" who assert memes over bodies.
Some observers have suggested that evangelical religions and cults behave this way; so by including the act of passing on their beliefs as a moral virtue, other beliefs of the religion also get passed along even if they do not provide particular benefits to the believer.
The Ideology of Cybernetic Totalist Intellectuals, an essay by Jaron Lanier which very strongly criticises "meme totalists" who assert memes over bodies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meme   (8622 words)

  
 Bardin, David J., Esq.: "Psychological Coercion & Human Rights: Mind Control ('Brainwashing') Exists"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Professor Ammerman confuses "high commitment" groups that are open and ethical in their practices with those that are totalitarian, deceptive, manipulative and destructive.
While many destructive cults are organizations which deify their leaders and proclaim themselves to be "religious," often to take advantage of tax and perceived other legal benefits, some are totalistic political and abusive self-help groups.
In her report submitted to you, Dr. Ammerman reached a basic conclusion which, if followed uncritically, would cause the government to adopt a position of "benign neglect" with respect to violent and abusive conduct.
www.csj.org /infoserv_articles/bardin_david_psy_coercion_human_rights.htm   (9239 words)

  
 The Reality Club: One Half Of A Manifesto
My cybernetic totalist friends don't seem to worry about this scenario much.
There is a similar tension in Lanier’s writing: are the Cybernetic Totalists just hopelessly wrong—their dream is, for deep reasons, impossible—or are they cheerleaders we must not follow—because we/they might succeed?
There is an interesting middle course, combining both options in a coherent possibility, and I take it that this is the best reading of Lanier’s manifesto: the Cybernetic Totalists are wrong and if we take them seriously we will end up creating something—not what they dream of, but something else—that is evil.
www.edge.org /discourse/jaron_manifesto.html   (9611 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
The band Tool also incorporates polyrhythms in their music.
Much minimalist and totalist music makes extensive use of polyrhythms.
Henry Cowell and Conlon Nancarrow created music with yet more complex polytempo and using irrational numbers like pi:e.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Polyrhythm   (633 words)

  
 Kyle Gann's Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A Forest from the Seeds of Minimalism: An Essay on Postminimal and Totalist Music (1.4.99)
Minimal Music, Maximal Impact - a history of minimalist, postminimalist, and totalist music on New Music Box - winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award (12.01.01)
A discography of postminimal, totalist, and rare minimalist music (11.02.01)
www.kylegann.com   (806 words)

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